#2 Flashcards

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encumber

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To burden; to impede action

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alacrity

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Promptness in responding; eagerness

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fraught

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Full of (usually with the word “with”)

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incontrovertible

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Impossible to dispute or question

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ingenious

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Clever; imaginative

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laggard

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One who falls behind because moving slowly

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torrid

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Intensely hot and dry

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traverse

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To cross over or through

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ubiquitous

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Appearing in many places or large numbers

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zenith

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The highest point

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